It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City